the wait is over! my spring reading thing reading list is...

fiction:
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Recommended to me by my mom. I'm three chapters into it already and am hooked.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Another book recommendation from mom. I've met people who love it and hate it. I'm eager to make my own opinion.
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris. Mom gave me this one too (see a paterrn here?). She is the author of Chocolat...I've seen the movie, but hadn't read the book. And if the book was better than the movie, which is generally the case, then it must have been a great book.
A Good Man is Hard to Find and other stories by Flannery O'Connor. NOT a recommendation from mom. In fact, Mom doesn't like Flannery O'Conner, but I love me some Flannery short stories. I read a few of these before but not since college and I can't wait to read them again...and read some new ones.

non-fiction:
The Mommy Manual by Barbara Curtis. This has been on my wishlist for months and months. Mary at Owlhaven recently reviewed it positively, so my need to have the book skyrocketed. :) It was a birthday present from my mom, and I'm already a quarter of the way through it. So far, I'm loving it, and every mom reading this should get yourself a copy.
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging our Lives for Spiritual Transformations by Ruth Haley Barton. I am cheating with this one. My old bible study in Pittsburgh is reading through this book, so I jumped in on the study today (their second week) and picked up my copy. It's a beautiful hard-back book that I don't want to mess up, but I'm sure I'll be underlining like a champ as soon as I start to read.
The Liturgy of Motherhood by Kathleen Finley. Anything with the words "liturgy" and "motherhood" or "laundry" in the title has me eager to read it.
The Contented Soul by Lisa Graham McMinn. This came up as a recommendation for me at Amazon and after reading a few reviews, I know I need to read this book. It is how I wish I could live my life...content with the here and now, not wishing for more. But society yells at us to wish into our lives bigger and better and flashier.

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After I made the list this week, my mom informed me last night that there is a new Anne Lamott book out. It's the third in her "Thoughts on Faith" books, called Grace (Eventually):Thoughts on Faith, and of course, I can't wait to read it. But it'll have to wait until I've read each and every one of the above listed books.

thanks to katrina at callapidder days for hosting this event (and for making it long enough to make it possible for me to read all my books!)